Qualitative Inquiry

Aims & Scope

Qualitative Inquiry provides an interdisciplinary forum for qualitative methodology and related issues in the human sciences.

With Qualitative Inquiry you have access to lively dialogues, current research and the latest developments in qualitative methodology.

Whether you're a scholar, an applied researcher or a student, Qualitative Inquiry brings you the cross-disciplinary scholarship you need on qualitative research methodology.

The journal publishes open-peer reviewed research articles that experiment with manuscript form and content, and focus on methodological issues raised by qualitative research rather than the content or results of the research.

Open to think-pieces and review essays, QI also addresses: Advances in specific methodological strategies or techniques · Key issues in qualitative research · Postmodern, post-structural and/or critical treatments of qualitative or interpretive work · Practical applications of qualitative research · Theoretical discussions on the philosophical bases of qualitative traditions.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.8
2024	1.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.032

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	111

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4587

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1058

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research

  Citation: 7466

  Authors: Bent

• Qualitative Quality: Eight “Big-Tent” Criteria for Excellent Qualitative Research

  Citation: 4220

  Authors: Sarah J.

• Critical Race Methodology: Counter-Storytelling as an Analytical Framework for Education Research

  Citation: 2307

  Authors: Daniel G., Tara J.

• Ethics, Reflexivity, and “Ethically Important Moments” in Research

  Citation: 1485

  Authors: Marilys, Lynn

• Critical Race Theory, Latino Critical Theory, and Critical Raced-Gendered Epistemologies: Recognizing Students of Color as Holders and Creators of Knowledge

  Citation: 769

  Authors: Dolores Delgado

• Telling Secrets, Revealing Lives

  Citation: 767

  Authors: Carolyn

• Emerging Criteria for Quality in Qualitative and Interpretive Research

  Citation: 739

  Authors: Yvonna S.

• A Participatory Inquiry Paradigm

  Citation: 681

  Authors: John, Peter

• Using Numbers in Qualitative Research

  Citation: 618

  Authors: Joseph A.

• Performing Autoethnography: An Embodied Methodological Praxis

  Citation: 608

  Authors: Tami

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